Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s once-touted but ultimately failed Voice Referendum didn’t even get a mention in his 2023 end-of-year wrap, with the Opposition accusing the Labor leader of “airbrushing” the defeated vote. While natural disasters, global inflation and cost-of-living pressures were referenced in the PM’s nearly two-and-a-half-minute video on his social media channels, the Coalition … Read more
Labor is “falling behind in the fight against terrorism”, the Coalition has claimed, as they call for more targeted sanctions against high-ranking Hamas officials. The United States and United Kingdom this week teamed up to announce a fresh round of sanctions against leaders and financiers of the terrorist group and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, prompting the … Read more
Families and medical experts are calling on the Federal Government to commit more funding to find treatments for a rare and aggressive childhood cancer that kills about 20 Australian kids every year. Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a tumour that develops in a part of the brain that controls important body functions such as … Read more
The Federal Government has updated its critical minerals list, including a surprise addition, and, in a boon for a plethora of WA miners, will up its support for other battery metals developments. Heading into 2024 the Government will knock helium from its critical minerals list and add rare earths elements molybdenum, selenium and tellurium, as … Read more
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been slammed as being “out of touch” after he was spotted on holiday in WA’s world-class wine region tasting some of the most expensive reds in the country — including a $500 bottle of red. Mr Albanese spent Sunday to Thursday in the South-West region of WA with his partner … Read more
The United States has asked Australia to send a navy warship to the Middle East in response to a slate of recent attacks from Iranian-backed rebels. The request comes as leaders grow increasingly fearful over the Israel-Hamas conflict spilling across the region. Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirmed the government received a formal request from the … Read more
More than a million families battling the cost of living will get some relief with the federal government’s new childcare rebate boost coming into effect. From Monday, families earning more than $80,000 and less than $530,000 with one or more children under five will receive childcare subsidies of up to 90 per cent depending on … Read more
The Reserve Bank of Australia will get its first woman leader as the federal government chooses not to extend Philip Lowe’s tenure. Lowe will be replaced by Michele Bullock, the current deputy governor of the central bank. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Michele Bullock named new RBA leader. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has repeatedly expressed his admiration … Read more
Hundreds of sailors from a navy vessel caught up in a provocative Chinese sonar incident have been reunited with their loved ones, but were under strict instructions not to talk publicly about the dangerous international encounter. HMAS Toowoomba and its 201 navy crew arrived back at Garden Island on Wednesday after three months at sea … Read more
Secret recordings — some old, and one new — dominated the day’s hearing in the continuing defamation trial pitting accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann against his Network Ten and their star source Brittany Higgins. After weeks of evidence from Mr Lehrmann, Ms Higgins and those close to her, the trial’s focus shifted to those who investigated … Read more
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